title: Emericella nidulans as an agent of guttural pouch mycosis in a horse.
abstract: A case is reported in a 9-year-old Anglo-Arab horse with guttural pouch mycosis caused by Emericella nidulans. Acute death occurred by exsanguination following erosion of the external carotid artery. Histopathological examination of the mycotic plaque demonstrated septate hyphae, conidial heads, hülle cells and mature cleistothecia containing characteristic ascospores. Specific identification was confirmed by culture. In accordance with previous reports, Emericella nidulans should be considered as the major agent of guttural pouch mycosis in Equidae.
authors.affiliation: URA-INRA Immunopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guillot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Collobert
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gueho
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mialot
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lagarde
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D006490:Hemostatics